While roughing out some spoon blanks from logs yesterday, my resaw blade broke apart at the weld.
Rather loud, disconcerting noise, blade wrapped itself around the lower wheel ... big mess.
This blade, IIRC, was a Timberwolf 1" 3tpi skiptooth blade purchased from Woodcraft.
It was probably 8 years old, de-tensioned after every use, not over-tensioned during use.
It's possible I tried to cut too sharp a radius for this blade; although it did not break during that cut.
It broke several minutes later during a straight rip.
Anyway, I'm now in the market for a new resaw blade for my Rikon 18" BS ... takes a 142" blade.
The previous blade was adequate for my use. I don't resaw for veneer typically, but would like as smooth a surface as I could get to reduce further processing "out of the log".
I don't own a drum sander, so it's handplane/Orbital sander work to finalize the surface.
I've seen Ron Calverley's videos about the Laguna Resaw King
... personally I find the surface is great off the saw, but unsure of the price.
Other blades I've heard about are the Lenox Tri-master Carbide and Bi-metal blades?
My usage is typically to rip both green and air dried domestic logs into 1-2" thick slabs, roughing out bowl blanks, and resawing into thin veneers.
What would y'all suggest for a next purchase?